Field Guide
Fish Species
What each fish looks like, where it's found, its conservation status, and how to target it.
Species
3 pages
Fish Species · Introduced
Brown Trout
Brown Trout in Australia — identification, range, habitat, size, temperature and behaviour, and the practical fly-fishing approach that travels from a tussock creek to a highland lake.
Fish Species · Endemic
Murray Cod
Australia's largest exclusively freshwater fish — an ambush predator of snags and boulder-strewn pools, listed Vulnerable nationally, spawning on a temperature cue rather than a calendar date, and the reason to own a nine weight.
Fish Species · Introduced
Rainbow Trout
Rainbow Trout in Australia — identification, range, behaviour, the brown trout lookalike, and the practical fly-fishing approach that travels from a stocked lake to an alpine creek.